The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-06 00:00:00

MEDICAL—A SURGEON in the N av y . • haying an al.pointaleut which be must shortly attend to, is dcs'xoua of introducing a SUCCESSOR to an increasing prac tic., in a populous where he has r es id e d th ree y ears . Th ere is r,..s:nallMotlical Institution attached, no other practitionrr within three wiles, wor druggist, so that a retail might be advantageously added. Terms only 120/. • • Apt iy to Mr. Lone, medical. Agent, 22, George-street, Adelphi, between twelve and fou,-. This thiy was published, in fen. tiro.. wit!, numerous Illustrations, price 65. cloth. ANIMALS i n MENAGERIE S. . By W. SWAINSON, Esq F.R.S. L.S. Foarting Vol. 9:4 of Dr. LARDNER'S CABINET CYCLO- P.EDIA • and Vokune 7 of the CABINET of NATURAL HISTORY. Lately published, by the same Author, NATURAL HISTORY and CLASSIFICATION of BIRDS. 2 12s. NATURAL HISTORY and CLASSIFICATION a QUA DRUPEDS. 1 vol. 6s. GEOGRAPHY ani CLASSIFICATION of ANIMALS. I vo'. PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE on NATURAL HISTORY. I roI. 6s. Also, lIEN=LOW'S BOTANY. 1 vol. Gs. London : longman and Co. ; and John Taylor. LAW BOOKS. By Mr. HODGSON, Athis Gl*Ntt n3nm,192, Fleet-street, on TuESDAY next, January 9, at Half-past Twelve, rPHE LAW LIBRARIES of a Barrister and a A. Solicitor retired from the profession, including Ruffhead's and Pialicrilig's. Statutes at Large, The Year Books, Vicer's and Bacon's Abridgements, Howell's State Trials. Law Journal- Re ports. Bytlrewood's Conveyancing, Series of the Modern and Old Reports in Law and Equity, Ttcatises,. and Books of Practice. Tn be viewed and catalogues had. The ?Wit:alio:l of Tus Su"' Nu/tap:trait commenced this doy eit 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. WITU wnicx 6‘ THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1838. In another part of our Paper will he found an ab stract of the Revenue, up to the sth of the present month. It presents nothing that calls for particular observation. On the year there is a decrease of 1,900,000/., while the quarter shows an increase of 213,7.73/. This increase is principally in the Cus toms, in which department, as compared with the cor responding quarter of last year, there is an improve ment amounting to 453,340/. There is, however, on the same comparison, a falling off in the Excise of 212,900/. The Post-office exhibis an increase on the quarter of 27,000/. Under the heads Stamps and Taxes, thcre is a decrease, respectively, of 29,1291. and 15,632/. We have seen the first Number of a publication conducted br Mr. ROEBUCK, and published by CHARLES Fox, entitled the " Canadian Portfolio," purporting to contain " A faithful expositio n of the causes that have produced the civil war in Canada, together with the various official documents necessary to elucidate acd support the history of this disgrace ful centest"—a pledge which - e•if fulfilled, will entitle the learned Editor to the gratitude of all impartial persons, he their principles Whig, Tory, or Radical. But we must confess that the specimen submitted to us is calculated to make us pause, before we give un limited credit to the allegations of Mr. ROERUCK and his Canadian coadjutors. We will select an extract or two from the pages before us, with a vie.v to satisfy our readers that we are not disposed to cavil with Mr. ROEBUCK on slight grounds ; and that the mis takes into which he has fallen at the outset are not of a venial or a verbal nature. They are misrepresen tations of well-known facts—of facts of which that gentleman, as a late Member of the Imperial Parlia ment and as a lawyer, ough(to be perfectly cognizant. The Learned Gentleman in the " Canadian Portfolio" (page 3), referring by way of illustration and contrast to the first American Warof 1776, says :—" The Ame ricans revolted. Just consider their situation. They were three millions it is true—and the two Canadas contain only one ; but on the other hand, what was then the state of the American Continent? These three mil lions had to brave the greatest power then existing upon earth. In America there was no aid—a large English army was already there, and the means of corrupting the leaders of the people were numerous and potent. Now Canada, who then held firm to us through all the disasters of that humiliating war, who resisted all the temptations held out to her by the Congress of Philadelphia —now Canada looks to that same country for assistance. And mark my words, fellow country men, assistance will be given —not by the Government, but by the sympathising citizens ; and the Govern ment r2n put reo stop to such aid. The Congress, if it desired, dares not piss a Foreign Enlistment Bill; there i$ no hut, by which the Government can interfere with the proceedings of the citizens in this matter; already rifles have been sent to Canada ; men who can handletho'se rifles with deadly dexterity will fol low. Our Government may complain, and call upon Mr. VAN BUREN, the PRESIDENT of the United States to interfere. Ilis answer, given with all pos sible courtesey, will be—l cannot ; I have no power." Thus smith Mr. ROEBUCK. Now mark the answer of Mr. VAN BUREN to the complaint here pre sumed to be made, and which actually has been made by our Government, to the PRESIDENT of the United. States. It is in the form of a circular, and has been addressed, with extracts fro an Act of Congress, passed April 20,1818,—an Act to all inteuta and purposes the same as the British Foreign Eellstment Bill—to the Members of the Exe cutive Government throughout the North American Federal Uniox. The answer of the PRESIDENT is by ,no means of a negative character, and complains not of a lack of power :—" It is the fixed determina tion of the PRE3IDENT faithfully to discharge, so far as his power extends, all the obligations of this Go vernment ; and that obligation especially, which re quires that we shall abitain, under every temptation, from intermealling with the domestic disputes of other nations., You are, therefore, earnestly enjoined to be attentive to ail movements of a hostile character, contemplated or attempted, within your district, and to pro.eecrtte, without discrimination, all violators of those laws of the United States, which have been en acted to preserve with Foreign Powers, and to fir fl the obligation: of our treaties with them." The fol lowing two sections from the Act above quoted and referred to by the PRESIDENT, accompanies this cir cular If any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any Fo - eign Powar, Slate, Colony, District or Peo ple, as a soldier, or as a marine, or seaman, &c. every person so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high mis de inea nor,and shall &lined not exceeding one thousand dollars, erred be imprisoned not exceeding three years." And the next section goes on to enact that :—" If any person shall within the territory or jurisdiction or the United States, begin, or set on foot, or provide, or prePare the means for any military expedition or en terprise, to be carried on from thence, against the ter r:tory or dominions of anti• Foreign Prince .or State, or any Colony., District, or People, with whom the, United States are at peace, every person so offendinr, shall he deemed ,guilty of a high misdemeanor•, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding three years." What say our Radicll friends to this exposition of the little reliance that can he placed on the statements of their great Canadian oracle Mr. lloEßucK ? Here is an exposure of two gross errors in a sinf_Tle passage of his pamphlet, —the one of ignorance of the law of the United States—the other of misconception of the sentiments of the executive in relation to the operation of that law. This in such a matter is no trifle. It proves that Mr. ROEBUCK is VerV far from being an infallible authority even upon subjects, with which it has been his interest to be familiar as with the locality of West tninster Hall. We intended to have made another extract contain ing a statement as incorrect as the one which we have just refuted, but we find that the crowded state of our co lumns must prevent us to-day from an extended reference toMr.RoEritxx's fanciful exaggerations. Nevertheless, his pamphlet is deserving of extensive circulation; and we trust he will not want encouragement to continue it so long as disaffection exists in the Canadian provinces. We regard it as the official Gazette of the PAPINEAu party—as a journal in which we will be sure to find the real views of that party, however erroneous in themselves, literally and faithfully delineated. Mr. ROEBUCK may, if he chooses, disclaim the imputa tion of .being a part;zan—he may proclaim his labours in defence of the claims of the Canadians the result of unbiaed sober r flection ; but the Learned Gentleman having once ostensibly appeared in the character of an advocate, in an Assembly which recognises not in its Members the assumption of such a relation with the objects of Imperial legislation, need not be surprised to find such a disclaimer very little attended to by the more reflecting among his countrymen. These observations may appear severe —may seem dictated by a spirit of hostility to Mr. ROEBUCK. They are no such thing. Our object is fairly to state the question—equitably to adjust the balance between the Government and the Canadians. That the colo nists have been and are aggrieved, and that the griev ances complained of by them were and are of such a nature as to call forth a spirit of disaffection towards the Government, no journal in Great Britain has been more forward to proclaim than The Sun. Mr. ROE BUCK himself knows this to be true ; and such as are not equally well informed have only to refer to our file for the last seven y ears . B ut we never have, and never can admit, that the Canadians suffered under any grievances which could justify them in plunging their country in all the horrors of civil war. It is one thing to insist that the wrongs complained of by the House of Assembly ought to be redressed, and another to sanction the unsheathing of the sword, as a remedy, in the event of an insant non-compliance. The sword is a bloody Reformer at the best, and should never be appealed to but in the very last extremity. The conduct of the Catholic Clergy in Lower Ca nada merits the highest praise. It is in unison with the spirit of peace inculcated by their religion, and with that loyalty which the ministers of the Catholic faith have, perhaps, more than those of anv other persuasion, carried to excess. The address of the Bishop of MONTREAL, and the dispatch of Colonel GORE to Sir JOHN COLBORNE, bear ample testi mony to the exertions of the priesthood, and to their beneficial effects on the minds of the deluded pea santry. Ought facts pregnant with such lessons of wisdom to be disregarded in legislating for a country nearer home, and of infinitely more im portance than Canada to the security, the peace, and the happiness of the people of this island ? The religion of the French settlers was respected on their submis sion to British dominion, provision was made for their clergy by a Protestant Legislature, and their clergy. are now the most active and, probably, the most effi cient instruments in bringing back the people to a sense of duty. In Ireland, till within these few years, the people were persecuted for their religion— they are still debarred some of the most important rights of civilized beings—their priests were hunted like wild beasts, and subjected to every cruelty that the most merciless of all bigotry, religious bigotry, could invent—they are still treated as aliens, and while there are ample means to provide, as in Canada, for the maintenance of both Protestant and Catholic clergy, they are forced to wring from their poor and half-starved flock a scanty subsistence. What is the consequence ? In every insurrection the clergy take part with the people ; in ordinary tunes they never act in unison, even with a beneficent Ge vernment, but from the hope of ultimate redress ; and when they assert the claims of their fellow-citizens to equal laws and even-handed justice they are branded as " surpliced ruffians," and held up to Protestants as the enemies of England, and the instigators of every mis chief. The peaceable conduct ,of the Canadian clergy shows that the discontent which prevails among that ill-used class in Ireland, does not arise from the genius of their religion. Treat them with justice, and they will act like their brethren across the Atlantic. They are forced by cruel treatment alone to forget the first principles which it inculcates, and the only results are the spread of Catholicism, an annual expense of millions for the maintenance of troops, and a feverish state of society which threatens to separate time two countries on every dangerous emergency. Mr. PITT, at the Union, saw the justice and expediency of making provision for the Catholic clergy. Mr. O'CONNELL, but two years ago, advocated a similar plan, and desisted only on account of some groundless scruples urged by a few of the clergy; but the Government ought not to be deterred, either by the honest scruples of Catholics, or the bigotry of a few Protestants, from doing an act of justice which is essential to the peace of Ireland. We have received the Report of the London Provi sional Committee for promoting steam navigation with India. It contains a - brief and interesting detail of the proceedings which [lave led to the establishment of a monthly communication by steam between Falmouth and Bombay, via Suez and the Red Sea ; and bears ample testimony to the meritotious exertions of Major HEAD, the originator of the Indian Steam Company and Chairman of the Committee, and the gentlemen associated with him, in bringing about a result of so much importance, not merely to our fellow-subject s in India, hut to the empire at large. Our readers may perhaps remember that a Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed in 1834 to enquire into the means of promoting steam communication with India. This Committee reported that such communication, ,regular and expeditious. was an object of the first importance ; and recom mended that it should be carried into effect without delay, and at the joint expense of the Government and th e East India Company. How much attention was paid to this recommendation may be seen from the fol lowing passage of the Report befor e us;, The Comm' ttee would pretnisn, that when the proposed Coinpany was first projected by their Cheirman, Major C. F. Head, in the month of March, 1836, notwithstanding the re soluti,m3 in the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, m the month of March, 1834, only a very partial. and that a very imperfect, fultilm_nt of those resolu tions ha I been effected ; for it appears, from official documents that although in the month of August, 1834, the Admiralty were directed, and did establish a monthly communication of packets in the Mediterranean, yet, from that period up to the 13th day of Jun. 2 last, only four voyages by a steam-vessel had 7 4s ~„ ,N\gr Zb e MAILS. .. . - As t i, •-.--- • Dne A rrii. ea. Due ; Arrived. Astir Due , ......- 1.1 I Franet........... 0 0 List use a- ' ..,.. -.- ..i., 0 0 Gue , ii.s. Jersey 0 0 Ma!ta 0 it 4 ...... ~,. _ 0 n Ila.rnl , urg ...—.. 1 0 Mexico 0 0 i ,...:-.. :,.... ' ri 0 Holland ...... .... 01 0 Ostend ....«._ “ 4- . t ; , .. -,.. 4 ,,,• n jsrnalea ......... 0 1 " Sweden... ...... ff- .411W-;,',„ › 0 0 Loesvarc Islands 0 l Waterford.__ 0 liiiATF:R AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Merning i! minutes after t I Evening minutes after I; THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1838, been performed bet wren India and Suez ; thu , , whilst (making al ,allovvance of four months for instructions being sent to India', no le se than thirty monthly mails might have been T.•- gularly transmitted, only four opportunities of forwarding them by steam occurred on the Indian side of the Isthmus. or Su: z. The Provisional Committee, therefore, feel themst Ives justified in saying, that at the period of the connnencenn nt of their labours, in the month of March 1,436, this country was not only witliout any regular communication with India, but labouring ender the greatest inconvenience from the corn n nioation t' zt had beenestalliste.l, as from i's great in eguarity it was mix:: injurious to commerce than the old system, most abunnuitly testified by the fact, that the mails for the months of July, August, .September, October, November, and Decem ber, 1836, and that e.f the month of January, 1837, were all detained at one time iii Egypt, in consequence of no proper arrangement having been made to transmit them from Suez. The Committee also found that, in point of the time con sumed in the transmission of the mails on the Indian side, the arrangements were equally defective, an " ill-adapted steam ve-st 1, the Hugh Lindyay,"built to carry five-and a-half day's coal at. Ler loaded draft, capable of performing at her !. reatest speed only , even miles an hour, had been employed ; but even with the above incomplete arrangements letters had been re ceived by this route at Bombay in forty-four days ; at Madras is fifty-three days ; and at Calcutta, in fifty-four days. The Committee therefore trust they have shewn sufficient ground for attempting to remedy such glaring evils. It was quite clear that under such a system of gross mistnanlgement, whether intentional or not, nothing hut evil could result to the cause. In a Short time, it is probab!e, the plan of steam communication with India would have been given up as one of those visionary schemes which captivate the minds of theorists and enthusiasts, but which on trial had been found totally impracticable. The friends of the under taking therefore thought it high time to interfere, and to endeavour to do that by means of a private Com pany which there ,seemed so little chance of seeing effectually accomplished by the public bodies who had cstensibly taken upon themselves to perform it. A Provisional Committee was formed which commenced its operations in May 1836, and continued them with indefatigable zeal during seventeen months—not a week . passiing without a meeting, and no effort being spared that could tend to promote the great object in view. These laborious and persevering exertions were at last crowned with success. When the Government and the East India Company saw that the sympathies of the principal London merchants, and of all the mer cantile Associations throughout the kingdom, were en listed in the cause ; that a large capital had been sub scribed, and was ready to be paid up in full ; that they themselves, moreover, could not with credit, or even with decency, evade the demand made upon them by the Committee, to contribute towards the expellee of an undertaking so pregnant with advantage both to Great Britain and to her Indian possessions —they made a merit of necessity, and wisely, though tardily and reluctantly, agreed to take the matter into their own hands. An arrangement was entered into, the terms of which will be best understood from the following dispatch sent out by the Court of Directors to the GOVERNOR-GENERAL of India, dated 2d June, 1837, which we find, among many other interesting documents, in the Appendix to the Report :- 1. We have the satisfaction to acquaint you, that we have concluded an arrangement with his Majesty's Government for the establishment of a monthly steam communication between Great Britain and India, by way of the Red Sea. 2. His Majesty's Government undertake the transmission of the monthly mails between Great Britain and Alexandria, at the sole charge of the public ; and we have undertaken the trans mission of these mails between Alexandria and Bombay, upon condition that one-half of the expense which we may incur in the purchase, equipment, maintenance, and navigation of steam vessels (including the value of any which we may already pos sess, and which may be applied to this purpose), or on any other account for the service, shall be repaid to us in London, at the termination of each yea,-, we consenting to relinquish to his Majesty's Government the whole of the postage between London and Bombay. 3. It is our deire that this arrangement take effect forthwith, and with that view we shall direct the Government of Bombay to send the Hugh Lindsay to Mocha for the purpose of her being rezularly employed in conveyine. the mails between that place and Suez, and to despatch the Atalanta and Berenice on alternate months to Mocha. 4. We are aware that a fourth steamer will ultimately be neces sary, and we shall adopt measure s for providing one. 5. We shall immediately contract for the purchase of a large quantity of coals for consignment to Bombay and to Mocha respectively. 6. A pOition of those sent to Mocha may, if necessary, be ulti mately conveyed to Suez, but we intend to try the plan of supplying that place with coals, via Alexandria. The Provisional Committee having all along had fa public object solely in view, and seeing that object about to be realized in a more effectual manner than it could have been by means of a private Company, as a matter of course suspended its labours. We trust, however, it will not be dissolved, until the steam com munication now established with Bombay' be exten led to time other Presidencies of India, and eventually to China. We cannot close these remarks - without reminding the public of the obligations they lie under to those who have conducted this great enterprize to so success ful a termination: Here the first place is due to :Major HEAD, who may justly be said to have been " instant in season and out of season" in pressing forw•atd this truly national design. Much valuable assistance w as also afforded by Mr. HuTT, the late Member for Hull, in the intercourse which the Committee had with the Government. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK also warmly espoused the cause of steam navigation to India, and rendered the Committee essential service ; and it is but justice to the President of the Board of Controul to sav that he was from the first favourable to tl►e plan. To enlarge upon the benefits that must accrue from the establishment of steam navigation between Great Britain and India, would be a work of supererogation, if not a mere waste of time. When it is considered that our oriental dominions contain a population of almost a hundred millions, spread over - a territory possessing re ductive resources of incalculable extent ; and that this immense population consists of various nations a►ul races of men, speaking different languages, in Jiff; rent stages of civilization, and separated from us by nearly half the globe —every reflecting person must be sensible that the advantages of a frequent, rapid, and regular communication between the eastern and western por tions of the empire—whether regarded in a political, moral, or commercial point of view—can scarcely be too highly estimated. - Advices from Madrid, of the 27th ult., have reached us this morning. They are wholly unimportant. Everything appeired at a stand-still, awl no per Son could undertake to say what movem2nt might he first anticipated.. Ministers g ave no i n di cat i ons of an ad vancing or a receding policy—probahly waiting f o r the turn affairs might take in France. From the North of Spain we hare no news upon which any reliance can be placed. All is mere rumour and surmise. The French Journals of Thursday have all been re ceived, from which a condensed report of an important debate in the Chamber of Peers, on the Address in answer to the Royai Speech, is given in another part of The Sun. Save the annexed extracts, we find nothing else in these Papers worthy of notice : The Journal de Paris gives the following as the latest in telligence from RtisEia " The Russian army has been completely beaten by the Circassians; and this defeat renders their situ ition in the country very criticil, especially as the independent tribe s aro beating the Rusilans, en detail, in their fortified post, an d i n a still morn important way in the general action% There is no doubt that Russia will be soon forced to give up its m.ten- SiOrIS to Cirem,ija.” The Emperor of Russia is now subject to fits of intern. perate passion, which excite fears among his family and f r ; en d s of a complete mental derangement. The late events i n cassia, have hart so much i n fluence up on hi s state of mind and temper, that scarcely a day passes at Al o , cow that he does not &amiss or recall from the service one or other of the Generals and superior officers of his army. w h o are i,n _ —Messager. mediatelv re7ilaced by others." Cir. . -.., , . - . . (Private inta:mation from the (_o sestitutionnel.) LEGRONO, DEC. 26.—The Carlist expedithat which was ad vancing into, the Encartaceones.bas turned back only on hear ing th.t Buerens with his n hole division was marching to meet it. The farce of the Cur list expedition is estimated at 6,000 foot and 500 horse, in want of uniforms and shoes, and Is ivinb nothing of the soldier but the arms. Espartero has concen trated twelve battalions and four squadrons at Vittoria, y es _ tcrday it was reported that the Carii:its had passed the l ebro and entered Castillo. We now know the source of this news ; a detachment of Carlist cavalry, desired to revictual the fon of Pencerrada, being imercepted and harrassed by the mm'e a'•,le column under Twbano, they had no resource left but to go towards the Ebro; they forded the river a league above Haro, And as there was none of the Queen's cavalry to hinder them, the Carlists proceeded unmolested to the mountains of Burgos. This detachment does not exceed SO horsemen. All the troops cantoned at Logrono have this moment re ceived orders to march to ['aro ; the soldiers at c directed to take five days provision with them. An officer who has ar rived from Lerin brings word that th: , cavalry of Lcon al Conde cc , nsisting of 9 magnificent squadrons, has set out for Logrono. Three battalions of the corps or Ulibarri have taken a position at Lerin. The spirit of our men is excellent, and all the corps arc sufficiently provided with ammunition. and provisions . Espartero does not seem inclined to quit the army to go to Ma drid, but - letters from that capital siy that Cordova is cevain of h's appo;ntment to the command of the army of the North, and that this General has asked the Ministry that General Rarnoritio and Col. Brokowski he permitted to take part in t'ie campaign, under hiseommand : he is extremely desirous. to have those two officers on his stxtr.—Const:tutionneL FRENCH Ft NUS —PARIS, JAN. 4. Five per Cents., lof .ise. c. '2oc. Four per tents , I , lf. 5 c. nree Tyr Cents., 711 f. t.c. 7f f. C. Bank Actions, 2,!,50r. Aente de Naples, Skil. sc. f , sr. Roman Five per Cents., 100% , ,4%. Spanish Actives, Spanish Passives, .1!.4. Llelgian Loan, Five per Cent,. 103. Belgian Bank, 1,4k113f. 1,487 f. 5Cc. Portuguese Loan. Three per Cents. 19%. lizytian Loan, rot zscHANtir. oy LoNnot,. o , e month, paper, —f. ; money, 25'. 471-Sc rerec months, pavr.—f. money, 25 , 50 •. LAST PRICES. • Five rer Cents. 109 f. Tkrae per Cents., 7';!'. 20c. • Bank Actions, 2,551 f. Romans, 10,): 9 . BolgiAn Loan, 103. Belgian Bank, 1,457 f. 'Oc. Porturtese Tlarkte per C.s.ts., 11%. Spanish Acticcs, 20c,. Spaniih Passive;, 414. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. s.—Wind N.W., a thick fog has prevailed throughout the day.—The Aberdeenshire, Miranda, for Canton and Mexborough, are reported to have tiai!ed—the rest of the outward-bound remain.— Arrived the Alert, Clark, from Newcastle; and Nereid, Bonfdllow. i'ORFSAWIITH, JAN. s.—Cahn and dense fog.—Arrived the Eclipse. steamer, Nicholls, from London, and proceeded to Dartmouth. LIMERICK, JaN. 3.—Arrived the City of Limerick, steamer, Dublin. PLvirorrit, JAN. s.—Wind \V.—Arrived the Jenno, from Prince Edward's I.land. Sailed the Pyramus, fur Cork, and West Indies. Facmou - ru, JAN. 4.—Wind W.S. W. to W., froth breezes.—No arri. vale or sailing. MA! o•TE, TAN. s.—Arrived off; the Henry, Cowley, from St. Mi. chael's ; and Symmetry, Hazard, from St. Michael's. 1-Iv.,inc.a, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Jane, Tather, from Miramichi. SoUrnmarroa, JAN. s.—Arrived the Good Intent, Ellis, from Poole. Sailed the Majestic (steamer), Fairborn, for London. CORR, JAN. 3.—Arrived the Jurco (steamer), from London. The troops have embarked onboard her Majesty's ship Inconstant for Canada, a nd she only wait: a wind to proce..ll. It blew a very heavy gale last night from S.W. To.day it is more moderate, and some of - the vessels ar e getting under weigh. pt./RIJN, JAN. 4.—Arrived Royal William (steamer), from London. DAR ruotrrtr, JAN. s.—Off port, the Rosabel, Abbott, from Terceira. YOUGIILL, J►N. 4.—Arrived the Penelope, Auntrod, from Quebec. LONDONDERRY, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Theodore, Paulsel, from Riga; and Sarah Ann, from St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Thomas Armstrong, from Ter ceira. Off port, the Elizabeth Walker, from Valparai,o. VALPARAISO, SEPT. 20.—A secret expedition, composed of six remelt., sailed from this port lsth inst. The Isabella, Thomas, from Fa!m,,u'h to Llannelly, is on shore near Llannelly dock. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O' CL 0 CX. Consols, which were heavy in the course of yesterday morning. closed with an improvement at 91i 92 for the Ac count, owing to private letters being received from Canada, g i v i n g a more favourable account of the state of anirs in that quarter, than by the New York papers received in the early part of the day. Consols opened this morning at 92 to 92k ; Exchequer Bills, 49 51 ; India Bonds, nothing - doing ; Bank Stock, 203} 0041. In the Foreign Market, the principal operations were in Brazil Stock, which closed at an improvement from the morning's price of 72 t) 74, owing to an arrival at Liverpool from Bahia, with more favourable accounts than by the previous arrival. Although that city was still in the hands of the ins - irgentl, th.: Government party were making preparations to retake it, and there was overy prospect that they would succeed. Spanish closed at 191 with Coupons; opened at the same; Portuguese closed at 291 ; opened at the same ; Brazil, 73f ; opened at 72} ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 521. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock . 2 per Cent. te... . - 10 0 ,, . 3 per Curt. C0:::...ric , 40,1 I South Sea croak ' - 114 per Ce..t...-.... - ..... .....9SY.,Ii, (PO knnrptuz ... ...... ....... - D.tto 1te.i.... - New 51ie: Cer ..New 3 , 4 per Cem 9774 r, 14,1 r . . pe- At:N.sllls, ei,nir !.... t ..51 50 52 urn. Bsnk Lone Annuitteotoespire 1 o.tto Jan. 5, 1860 14 13-1644 `Ditto Small 5O 53 -pm Ca. 11l 0'450 14 11-10 I. Ditto Corarnercia , .... . ..... - - int. Jan. 5, 'BOO ' 14 7-18, Ditto Ai1verti5ed............. - - Rip Jan. 5, 1:341 , - April a, 155 t............. ...... . --- irella Stock for Account -- 1 J: n. 5,157 r... . - Copqnlit for Areorne Vtly, PRICES DF FOHEIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE . O'CLOCK. A uttrian iton.is ....... ......... Peruvian Noaris - ... - B . 1 1 , 1311 U:)(ldi... ..... .-1 100 N I att.' , Account ..... - - Ditto Aec•oint - ,: ' , rt.tigue , te Born As.- ....... ....... -- Brasilia!, ;',end. .... .. - Ditto Amount ............. .... - Ditto Accooril ........ .., 72!411 cs 'Am Sow Ilm"-*''''' Raenns Ayres Bonds ...... - Duo AeCount .......,....c -, Ditto .'tecoonl - D :to, 3 per cent.... ....., ..... •-• hill..in Hon.'s ........., - ein;sian Bonds ..... ....... ..... . - Ditto Account .- ......... - Rusoan lionels, 1822 . ...... ..... - CZeros . ....... .....„,„ - Oittis Account ..... ........ - I.)itto A t - r,ous,t. - !'"itto Metallic. - C;ltunbitui Bonds, :824 .. - 51.11001 S':r•.da ••• • ""'"" ........ - Ditto Account - Ditto Account ... ............ - Dints), tiorais ... . ............ - ltitto BA'Pla,lS3l , . - Ditto Arm l et .... - Ditto Account (ire's.% Ilorils.„ - French, 5 per cent ....... -f -_, Ditto Bonds, 1425 - - - 4 per cent. ......... --( -c Ditto Account -•.. ..... - --- :1 per cent.. ...... .. -t. --. Mexican lion.it, 5 per cent - - Exclaante Ditto Account ........ ..... .. - Dutch, 04, per cent 5 2 1.i% Ditto, 0 per cent. ..... ....... - I) tto Amount Ditto Account ..... ...... ...... -1 Ditto, : per cent ......... - .. Neapoiken........ . - Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Feta. Per Share Ureat Western Railway Company...-. Brighton Railway Eoreparir London and Croydon Railway Company - Ditto Scrip 2 814 National Bank of Ireland 1754 16 COURSE ((F EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 5 final:attar 4O Ditto, at tight ....... ........... 12 3 Leghorn • •si .74 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5.4 Genoa 2B 15 Antwerp~. HamLurg. ....... ~......51.8 ln 14 Venice A1t0na..... . ... . . per .. o . ...... 1 3 :1 0 0 6 5 : 4 Paris, 3 days' sight__ .... 25 7 , Palermo Ditto ....... ............. .3 . ' Nis. 2(i 0 Li.tbon 53 Marteilles. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Lx. +1 153% (labia Petcrsbutgh, rub1e...... 3 Us. 10 Buenos A:tree Berlin Vienna, effective 6.. .2 M. 10 13 Cork . ..... )Z. ork - . frieste ditto lO Li PRICE OF BULLION, t't,li O: Madrid 35 Portugal Gold, coin . 3 14 0 Cadiz._ t3ilboa ... 4:tree4on3 '34 New Dollars Seville PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, JANUARY 4. 3 per Cent. Consols 9l Gran t Canal Debs. 6 per cent. tioii I)itto Reduced - Ditto, 4 per rent. ....... ... 3 , 4 per Cen . Stock 9. Elam nion Bank - Ditto New, 1.7.4 a) ..... . ...... 9?” , ,i City of Dublin Steam Company Its 7 f, 3 per Cent. Debentures - Bank Stock Royal Canal Sock Grand Canal Stock '27 li i cc t .. ... HA LF-PA ST ONE. Consols were in the course of the morning at 924 for the Account, and the market appears firm at 921 to but little is doing. The events in Canada in general occupy the attention of the speculators, ho arc very anxious for further accounts, as it is much doubted that the rebels took por.sesion of Toronto. The well informed do not credit the statement. Exchequer Bills, 2id., 51 52 ; 2d., 52 ; Bank Stork, 2041 ; India Bonds, 10'., to be paid off. In the Foreign Ma: let, most of the prices of the .securities arc much the same as in the early part of the morning. Scarcti a tvrgain has been done during the morning in Brazil Stcck, al thnugh it is the chief speculation —it may be quoted at 72} 1-; po.tuguesc, 291 a ; 'Puce per Cents., 19i ; Mexican, `Si}; Spanish , Active, 19 with Coupons ; Mexican, 20,- ; Colorn- Liao, 241. 7'iREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 921. COTENT GARI I here was a moderate supply tc was steady at this following prices s. d. to s. 0.1 Potatoes (cwt.) 2 0 5 0 Ca , bages, White (12) 0 0 0 • Ditto ited 2 0 4 0 Brocoli... 1 0 1 6 Gorse ltadish(bundle) 2 0 3 I, Celery 0 8 2 0 Endive 0 10 1 6 s. (1. to s. Sweet Oranges (100) 8 0 12 0 Seville Oranges 0 16 0 Leim.ns Walnuts 0 6 0 8 Spa*, Chesnut?, (peek) 2 0 2 6 French ditto tve n n i e s , l; V a tl , e u n t , s it s CS ( Brazilian Nuts 2 0 3 0 For.Grapes(perlb.) 0 0 0 0 English, Forced Ditto, Outdoor 0 0 0 0 Filberts Pille Apples (lb.) Mel, n 3 (each) 1 4 I. Cucumbers (brace) 0 0 Peaches (dozen) Nectarines 0 0 C NE i'VGATE AND LEADENHALL. Carrots 121hoiclies) 3 0 4 6 T , ,rllips Onions I 0 12 0 Colewortsur Greens 2 0 3 0 Leeks 1 0 I 4 Sp, (half sieve) 0 0 0 S Apples 2 0 6 0 I),:trs 3 0 7 French Beans Onions (tor pick!ing) 0 0 0 t , C.nsal n Plums 0 0 0 0 Meat (Town and Country killed), was in good supply, and trade brisk, owing to colder weather—prices firm. Beef, f.:s. 6d., 3s. 3d. ; Mutton, 2s. 6d., 3s. sd. ; Veal, 4s. 6d. ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. 4d., ss. 9.d. ; Irish, 3s to .3s. Od. Game and Poultry in fine supply—trade.goocr—prices are advancing. Hares, 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d. ; Pheasants, 3s. 6d., 4s. ; Parti idges, Is. 6d., 3s. ; Snipes, Is., Is. 9d. ; Turkeys (Cock), 65., 12s. ; Hens, 4s. 6d., 63 6d. ; Grouse, 25., 3s. 6d : Fowls, 25., 3s. 6d. ; Geese, 55., 7s. 6d.; Pal , . bit.:. 10d., Is. Id. ; Pigeons, Is., l s. 6(1. ; Ducks. 25., 3s. ; Wdd-duckS, Pd., 15.3 d.; Widgeons, 6d., Is. ; Chickens, Is. 9d., Its. 6d ; Tea!, 3d. 6d. i Eggs in good supply—tr..de dull—price 7s. to 93. 6:1. per 120. HUNGKRFORD MARKET. Vegetables to-day in good supply, and selling at Covent-Garden prices, whic:, we now give. Fish in good supply, and of good quality. Turbot, 4a and ss. to 18s and 195., and higher for large ones ; Soles, 9d. to Is. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, 9d. to Is. 6d. Meat rather clearer. Beef, 7d. to $ and 9d.; Mutton, 6 Y 2 d. to Bd. and 8 ; Veal, 7d to 9d. ; Fork, 6td. and 7d. to Bd. and Std. llay and Clover firm in price. There was a fair busine,s doing to day in all departments. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. There were good supplies to-day, and a brisk trade; and prices rather higher than they were yesterday. Cod, Is. Gd. to 5s , 65., and 7s. each; Turbot, ss. to els. each; Lobsters, 9,1. and is. to es. ; Soles, Gd. to Is 6d. per pair; and other sorts in proportion. HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy LowlandMerulow Hu... New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto ... Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-gra,' Hay Clover Hay Oat Straw 11 14 to 11 if 1 Whest Straa 1 16 1 it SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay . . ,.€4g1 I . £4 15 tics• Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 4 10 4 15 Fine Upland Me4dow arid Rye grass Hay ......... .. 5 • Clover Ilay (extra fine ........t.5 15. Gellaeally .. Oat Straw ll 12 t . 1 71 14 1 Wheat Straw 1 14 1 16 WHITECHAPEL. Coarse Meadav: Hay - . 13 15 t o £4 6 New Meadow Hay Jieful Old Dith. Fine Upland Meadow and Aye-grass Hay Ciaaer Hay 4 10 1, is Old Straw ..... ...... X 1 12 to X 1 1,11 Wheat Straw TALLOW MARKET. We quote P.Y.C. today steady at 475. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. There has been a little business done in these great departments of trade, and in Canadian produce nothing. Prices of Groceries, wh,re altered, are lower than last week. All kinds of Raw Sugars, for con sumption, must be quoted at Is. lower. Coffee unaltered but heavy. Tea at public sales,tnust be re r ,arded as lid. pet lb. cn an average, lower, this week than last, and 3d. to 4d. per lb. lower, than the prices of the last public sale of Free Trade Tea. Rice and Rum have been, if either, a little dearer. Sp'ces have undergone no variation whatever in value. The imports have been fair fir the season of the year. . - There is but little business advertised for next weak, 4 present ; for to.day, none. COAL 7.1,1.1 ISUIkIoI 0 11e1thurn Main Holywell I.2aze's Main . l7 0 Pantap Windsor 'outli Hartley 6:l 0 Willington 22 6 Wylarn Walls End Clark aria Co. l9 0 Walls End Hilda . 3 W4llll End not spur Walls End KillinZworth Wills End Newinareh 2 • 0 Watts End Walker - 22 3 Ships irrive.l since Per Tor. rt K KT.- Jan. 5 l'er Ton 11. .1 Walls End Braddyll's Hettan 24 0 Walls End Haswell ... Walt; End Hetton 24 3 %Valls En.l lanahtoti Wails En.l Russel's Helton 2I. 3 Walls End Stewar 's ...... .... :4 :3 Wails End Hartlepool 2l 3 Wall; End Barrington Wall. End' South D ,, rhain 23 0 Wa'ts lied Teets , 4.3 4 Blythe iN 3 t'owp•-n Walls End Hartley 22 6 Howard's Netherton Main last mara..t-driy. 9 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET (YESTERDAY.) • The demand Las been very moderate this week, and the market flat. All the holders of new American have met the demand freely, at a decl i ne of r u :i y 1 4 per lb. on the closing ;nice of Friday last., being a fall of about 4d. from t c highest prices ; in Brazil and other kinds there is no alteralon worth no ice. To.day there has been, on the who:e, more inquiry, and the sales are 300 bags of all kinds ; nothing done this week either in specuLtion cr for export. THE HEROINE OF " THE Spy."—lt was from the character of, Mary Philipse (mother of the present Captain E i tn ry G ige Morris, R N.). that Cooper, the American no ye • iis., ________ formed the heroine of " the Spy," under the name of _ _ • Nd:sf.enDceuchke, apnldrand:dapa:caai/eidbi,tostaatNin:. A FOWL AFFAIR.—On 1 uesday last, cons'.derable Frances, and an interesting account is given of her interview merriment was caused in the Sessions Court, ataNbcil.riothgael,leir:: wit shington.—Burke's Commoners, Part 15. MEETING AT COvENTRy.—A public meeting, at Lou, by the trial of a man from 'Bedale, en a charge of stea!ino. w hich not many persons attended, was held in the County a (heck and wi a th dr: i Hall on Wednesday, for the purpose of establishing a " Puli- that at the period mentioned he was crossing the prosecution, and the tical Union, breed upon Universal Suffrage." On Monday company I r ' . e. and ln We shall probably copy from the Coventry Herald a report of Swan as to character, whose signet, however, has withheld. the s peeches delivered, and the resolutions passed. Th e first Mr Dra k e , t h e a tt orne y of Bedale, was in Court, but the l ot ion which was carried is, " That this meeting having prisoner exchanged no quaking with hi m . resolution Mr. Peacock dis lost dence in the present Government, has no lugger played his plumage . in conducting wish for their continuance in office." gentleman of ornithological acquaintance remains a gaol bird. any —York Courant. 'BA LLOT.—Much interest has been excited by the exhibition of one of Mr. Gfote's ballot-boxes at the Reform all confi RIPE It AsPBERRIES.—One proof, and a remark noorns, with the f o u o ,i ng i nscr i p ti on on it :___Presented to able one too, of the present mildness of the season is to be t he Indo?endent El,ctors of Beverley, by their sincere and found in ga , den of Mr. Roberts, V eter i nary Surgeon, of o bliged friend, George Rennie." The petition; o f t h e i nha. , C har i t ,, n M o o, on whose raspberry trees ripe fruit now hangs bitants, in favour of th e b 4 l! o t, are about to be forwarded to in considerable quantities.—Cheltenham Ch ron i c l e. L o ndon for pres.‘ntation—that to the Commons by the Hon. A NAVAL OFFICER'S DUTY.—....,.< A strict atten- Charles Langdale, with 653 signatures; to the Lords by fiat' to his professional dories, added to Lord Brous. , ,liam, will 649 signatures. Petitions for the ex- had rendered Nelson such a complete seam seven years' practice, that th , ugh he }tali ' 'r of the suffrage are also to be forwarded with the above - hisnineteenth . Captainan - - , was only Li . )ear, yet Robinson placed near the same nurnb:l . of names —Hull Advertiser. the greatest c ;nfich - nce in his skill and prudence, and was f,•e- Last evening an Inquest was held at the Craven i quently heard to say that he felt as easy at night when it w , s Hotel, Strand, on the body of . M*. N ' rr k a lodging-house t Nelson's watch ;is When the oldest officer en board had charge k ee per, who put a period to his , xistence yesterday morning of the ship. Thus we have in this illu , trious character a by h ang ing himself from the balustrades of the staircase o f his st iking examile that to learn to comm an d it i s first necessary own house, No. 116, i: - . the Strand. No cause could be as- to obey, and that, in order to obtain distinction in any pro. s igned for the act, and the jury returned a verdict of— Tem- Cession, something more than a superficial knowledge is abso porary Insanity. lutely roonis,te."____Nava/ Keepsake for 1838, containing a new Life qf Nelson by an Old Sailor. - Yesterday morning the naked body of a female infant was found adjoining the railroad, in St. Olave's parish, THE SUBLIME.---Tlie sun was just lifting his ra southwark. From the condition in which it was discov ere d it diant head above the fleecy clAwls of the moroin7—the sweet is conjectured that it was placed in the situation where it wag songsters, of Nature we re Pouring forth their e'cliest met Idles f o und when alive, and that It died in consequence of exp osure : --twhen Mary, more beautiful tha n Diana„..., w alked forth to._ to the Severity of the weather, I NO thg eili4ell4.l BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) RonaEav BY A SERV A NT.—.arah Keys was charged with stealing a 5/. note from her mistress, Miss Susan Flemington, of Edward Terrac?, Pentonville. It appeared that on Friday, the 29th of last month, the prosecutrix sent the prisoner, who was a servant of al' work to her, to get change fur a 51. note in the neat shop, but she never got tidings of her or th change till last right, when she found her in the custody of a i.olicemao. Policeman Ilow,rd of the F division stated, that he apprehended the prisoner last evening about five o'clock in Itese.stre..t, Long.acre, and on tiliing her what charge was ;against - her, she denied that she was guilty, but suliseque:Aly acknowledged having c! - Pnged the note and Spent it among some friends. Mr. Mtsstitim, orderel her !o be fully co:nmittol fjr trial. Wm:- Raynt3nd„ a servant out of placo, was chargo.l by 83 F divi sion, who stated that at half-past twelve last night, as the theatres broke up, there was great confusion in Great Ilussell-street, in consequence of the company not being able to find their coaches, and while he was en deavouring to extricate the vehicle of a " Jarvey" to let it pass into the line, the prisoner came up, and, taking told of the horses' heads, resisted him in t'•he execution of his duty. On questioning him lie said that he did not belong to any of the company, but had been at the tle atre himself. The prisoner in his defence said a gentleman who had two lad:e, un der his protection, requested he would procure a coach f‘.r him, and in doing so he was prevented by the policeman. . • • - Mr. MINSHULL inquired if the prisoner committed any assault, and being answered in the negative reprimanded him fur his interference, and ordered him to be discharged. John Wright, Thomas Gould, and John 7hackery, were charged by constable Sopor with insulting persons in the streets., The complainant stated that, at one o'clock this morning, he heard a disturbance in St. Martin's lane, and on going to see what was the matter, he fiord the prisoners behaving in a riotous manrer. After he had dispersed them they went up New_street, and he saw them insult s2voral females and knock them off the pavement as they passed along. He then, with the as.istance of another constable, too:: them to the station-hous:, and found some difficulty in mannin,; Gould, as he was drunk. The prison,rs said they were in the emp , oyment of the same mane:, anil had been olnided by some females, with whom they had been drinking. Mr. MINSHULL ordered the prisoner Gould to find bail, and the others to be put back till the evening. UNION HILL-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Mayhew, a respectable looking man, was br aught before Mr. TRAIL this morning, charged 6y Mr. Poile, a pawnbroker, in Park_ street, Borough, with having raised a disturbance, and caused a great concourse of persons to collect round his shop. From the statements of the complainant, it appeared that nearly two .)ears.aga Mayhew had pledged several table sat Isis shop for four or five pounds. Upon the ex piration of the twelve months, Mayhew called upon the complainant, and requested him to keep the articles for two or three months, as he should then be enabled to redeem them. This Mr. Poile consented to do. At the expiration of four months, Mayhew not having performed his promise of redeeming the property Mr. Poile sold it. A few even._ ings ago the defendant .called at the shop of the complainant, and re.: quested to see the goods; the latter observed to hint that he thought they had beau sold, but if he would call again in the morning he should know whether they were or not, as he did not like any person to go into his warehouse at night, for fear any accident might occur from fire Search was made next day, when it was discovered the goods were sold, and information to that effect was given to the defendant, who, not being satisfied, came this morning to the complainant's shop, where, accord. ing to the phrase of the latter, he had " blazed up," and caused a great concourse of people round his shop, for doing which, after repeatedly re questing him to desist, he gave him into custody. Mr. TRIAL asked the defendant what he had to say to the charge. Mr. Mayhew, who is blind, said that lie had been compelled to pledge the articles in question upon the death of his wife, who died of the cholera; upon the twelve months expiring, the complainant had pro mised to keep them fur him, until he could redeem them. Mr. Poile denied that he had made any such promise; he had kept them for hint for Four mouths, which he thought quite long enough. Mr. TRAIL said that he would discharge the defendant in the present instance, but if he repeated his offence again lie should be obliged to punish him. If he thought that Mr. Puile had acted illegally, he must adopt legal means to obtain redress, but he would not suffer him to raise disturbances either at Mr. Puile's house or in the street. The defendant said that there was property of value in the table drawer, and wished to know whether the Magistrate would not grant him a summons against the complainant. Mr. TRAIL said that he had not :he power, as the defendant by allow. big the time prescribed by law to (lapse had barred himself of all remedy. The defendant was then discharged, complaining of the ill treatment which he considered himself to have received. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) IEN MARKET. this day's market and the trade LITERAT U RE. BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW. • Taylor, Lowlon, 1838. There is a sound, well-reasoned article in this Number, on a subject wi.i2h has already—thanl7s to the exertions of Lord Radnor —attracted, in no inconsiderable degree, the taiblic attention ; we mean the defects of the system of education pursued at the University of Oxford. - 'The Re vieWer justly observes, "we are cons inced that every eifert to liberalize this great national institution will be useless, unless founded on a thorough regeneration of its. literary character. At Oxford all indecorous boldness of thought or innovation is brushed into the brave, and solemn still ness of thA moral habit, which thinks that the free exercise of man's reasoning powers can bring him nothing hut evil, and delights in the profound contemplation of the perfected oisdom of the things that are." • Thee is much of this spirit at Cambridge, which, however, is for more liberal than its great rival, in whom the slightest deviation from the established order of things--the slightest symptom of nervous and original thinking on the part of any one of its professors or graduates is looked on as a heresy not to be tolerated for an instant. The subjoined remarks contain, we regret to say, but too much truth : • " Oxford is essentially defective, beyond all the Universities of Eu r.. 11.?, in a healthy and vigorous advance in the pursuit of truth— sca cely a single department of knowledge is cultivated with enlight ened and comprehensive views. There is no progress, little or no move rent—intellectual life languishes, and draws out a feeble and sickly ex.. istcnce ; feeding itself rather on the past, than by a hopeful and sup.. cessful labour, working out new supplies of fresh and generous nourish, meat for a higiler state of development. And even this past Oxford does not possess. It is not her opinions on the state and prospects of society, nor on the excellence or imperfecticn of our Choral Establish in-ad, which have rendered her thus stationary :on the contrary, this lamentable result is but the consequence of a fatal malady which preys upon her vitals. Oxford, instead of leading, does but tardily and ti midly follow the march, we will riot say of European, but even of na tional literature. There are, indeed, one or two honourable exceptions ; but these are not intimately connected with her system. Strange to say, in geology and chemistry almost alone is she on a level with the rest of Europe. But generally her men in high places are miserably ig. norant of what has been done in science and literature, much less are they discoverers. Hence they have all the narrow jealousies, the con scientious :id trembling alarms with' which honest ignorance hara',Sei its captives. Clinging to the past, not only in spirit (for often that were most wise), but in form, they dread the future as big with mysterious changes, and as sure, along with an alteration in the outward structure, to destroy the essence of truth. Roger Bacon or Galileo were scarcely looked upon with more superstitious dread or wonder by the ignorance of p..st times, than a German philosopher, a German ther.,Mgian, or a French historian by the timidity of Oxford mediocrity. We shall be called revilers and base defamers of what is good and virtuous ; but we ask Oxford to bring f award a philcoopher known, we will not say for shame to all Europe, but to England. Dr. Hampden, the vilified, in sulted, and rejected Dr. Hampden, is the only one of her residents who has earned a laurel for her brow in philosophy ; and for this, for his dis tinguished abilities and comprehensive views in moral science, a mark has been branded on his front, to warn all incautious students against t h e poison which he preaches." In the article entitled " Tourists in the Pyrenees,' vi e find some correct and spirited descriptive accounts of those picturesque mountain boundaries of France and Spain, Till within the last eight or ten years the country, imme diately adjoining the Pyrenean range, has been almost a terra incognita to the majority of English tourists, who preferred rather to fly to the more fashionable Alpine ranges of Lausanne and Berne, or hunt for romantic adven tures among the brigand haunted Appennines. It was Mr. Inglis, who about ten years since, by his admirable volume of travels fn that mountain region, first attracted the curiosity of his travelling countrymen to the Pyrenees ; and now scarcely a year passes, but the towns, or rather villages, of Barreges and St. Salvador, receive a consider able influx of English visitors. Mr. Murray is among the latest of these tourists, and has published an account of his excursion of which the article before us gives a very just and dispassionate account. *. Education of Artizans o ss which is a paper founded on the report of the Committee on Arts and Manufactures, takes a liberal and enlarged view of the question, suggesting, among other means of improving the tastes and habi',:s of the great mass of the poorer claSses, that a cheap and exerrsive circulation of medals among the people might be made instrumental in creating both a love and a knowledge of art. This sug. gestion, which it seems was started. by Mr. Wyon, ,is an admirable one, and would scarce'y fail to be attended with beneficial results, for as its originator observes, " the varieties of coins diffused among the people of Greece and Rome, with their multitudinous designs and various c haracters, must have been an important element in the creation of their taste." After all, however, there are no coins so serviceable as those stamped with the head of Queen Victoria. The " Hanoverian coup d'Etat" is an article written with considerable energy ; it adopts a bold, uncompromising tone, and enters into the question at, great length, examining it in all.ltsimmediate and remote bearings, " There can be no doubt,?' says the Reviewer, " that King Ernest has not replaced one constitution by another ; for the Constitution of 1616 was none, but actually deputed a nation of their rights, and to a still greater extent than was tried by Charles the Tenth in France. He only wanted to restrain the right of election, but he never in tended to abrogate all the forms of constitutional govern ment, as has been clone by King Ernest." Yet this is the man of whom Toryism is so proud—whom it regcrds as one of its chief props ! " A Poor Law for Ireland" is wart: d ly in favor of the introduction of such a measure ir."co the sister -country, provided, that its operation be litn;:,,cd to the sole obje c t w ith w hi c h i t h as proper l y to derA, namely, to relieve not poverty, but destisutien. The article is well timed, and well written. The remaining ones are of the usu d calibre. A NEW DERIVATIVE AND ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY. Longman, London, 1838. The author of this serviceable and well-digested work, in which a great mass of information is packed up in a small compass, is Mr. Rowbotham—a gentleman whose German Grammar is the best book of the sort we have. The plan of his present production is very simple and methodical. "In order," says Mr. Rowbotham, "to render the work as useful as possible in schools, and to avoid any confusion that might arise in the minds of yoang s'udents, the Latin derivatives are separated from the Greek ; and in each part the words are arranged acc'•rd:ng to the number of syllables, which are gene raly accented according to the plan adopted in the unproved editions of " Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary." This is an ingenious and sensible idea, and is carefully kept in view throughout the work, which Le in every page indications of much pains-taking. We have little doubt that the Derivative and Etymological Dictionary will get uto general circulation as a school-book, for it is of the sort much wanted, being utterly devoid of anything like confusion or complexity in its arrangement. The list of those Latin propositions, which are most frequently used in English compounds, will be found particularly serviceable to those youths .who are just commencing their education. A Correspondent calls the attention of the Society for the Protection of Animals from Cruelty, to some of the Pim li?o omnibuses. The severe and incessant torture iafLctcd upon the poor over-tasked animals (which are represented as being fit only for dogs'-meet), is describe.] to be truly : , hocking to the spectator, and not a li tb: disgraceful to the owner of the worn out and miserable machiners. SNIFTIIFIELD.—" It was market morning,. The ground was covered nearly ankle-deep with filth and mire; and a thick steam perpetually rising from the reeking bodies of the cattle, and mingling with the fog, which seemed to rest upon the chimney-tops, hung heavily above. All the pens in. the centre of the large area, and as many temporary ones as could be crowded into the vacant space, were filled with sheep; and, tied up to posts by the gutter side, were long lines of lot acts and oxen three or four deep. Countrymen, bu'ehers, drovers, hawkers, boys, thieves, idlers, and vaga bonds of every low grade, were mingled together in one dense mass : the whistling of drovers, the barking of dogs, the bel lowing and plunging of b e a s t s , th e bl eat i ng of sheep, and grunting and squeaking of pigs ; the cries of hawkers, the shouts, oaths, and quarrelling on all sides, the ringing of bells and roar of 'voices that issued from (very public-house ; the crowding, pushing, driving, beating, whooping, and yelling; the hideous And discordant din that resounded from every corner of the market ; and the unwashed, unshaven, squalid, and dirty figurei constantly running to and fru. and bursting in and out of time throng, r. ndered it a stunning and bewildering scene which quite confounded the senses."--'Boz,' in Bent ley's Miscellany. for January. By the laws of the islanl of Jersey, incorrigible drunkards are deprived of their right to vote for the State, or to receive any appointment, legislative or parochial, in the island.— Jersey Argus. SPORTSIIOI.—If you goes to take a look at ft hos you inquire for the boy, and say "lead him out." When he is well placed, you stands More with your hands stuck in your bra eelvs rockets, a se.-ms as though you were a contem platin' him ; then take out your lift hand from your lift pocket, and j'st rase up th e top lid o f t h e h os as thou . h you were a go n' to rub the inside of your thumb ag. , inst his ivories. After that, walk all around the hos, and say very gently to the bov s Take hi m i n. " lie will then think you are a known feller, mid have found cut all the tricks and fancies of the ani mal. But be sure you don't go a bawlin' and makin' the hog look lik e M a d T om ; nor don't go a junapin* round, a spanniik , the ribs, n or focin' onen tiromoitth, handlin' o' the legs , and a findi n ' faut, for then the grQQms will be sure to see that ou are a eQrfvo 4cßito,y Green, that krums nothin.